sch.1-sec.11Conduct of meetings

sch.1-sec.11 Conduct of meetings

A question at a board meeting is decided by a majority of the votes of the directors present. Each director present at the meeting has a vote on each question to be decided and, if the votes are equal, the director presiding also has a casting vote. A director present at the meeting who abstains from voting is taken to have voted for the negative. The board may hold meetings, or allow directors to take part in its meetings, by using any technology that reasonably allows directors to hear and take part in discussions as they happen. teleconferencing A director who takes part in a board meeting under subsection (4) is taken to be present at the meeting. A resolution is validly made by the board, even if it is not passed at a board meeting, if— a majority of the directors gives written agreement to the resolution; and notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the board. sch 1 s 11 ins 2003 No. 82 s 65 (sch.1-sec.11-ssec.1) A question at a board meeting is decided by a majority of the votes of the directors present. (sch.1-sec.11-ssec.2) Each director present at the meeting has a vote on each question to be decided and, if the votes are equal, the director presiding also has a casting vote. (sch.1-sec.11-ssec.3) A director present at the meeting who abstains from voting is taken to have voted for the negative. (sch.1-sec.11-ssec.4) The board may hold meetings, or allow directors to take part in its meetings, by using any technology that reasonably allows directors to hear and take part in discussions as they happen. teleconferencing (sch.1-sec.11-ssec.5) A director who takes part in a board meeting under subsection (4) is taken to be present at the meeting. (sch.1-sec.11-ssec.6) A resolution is validly made by the board, even if it is not passed at a board meeting, if— a majority of the directors gives written agreement to the resolution; and notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the board.

• (a) a majority of the directors gives written agreement to the resolution; and
• (b) notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the board.